Quick Facts
Why Study Anthropology
The famous anthropologist Alfred Kroeber said, ‘Anthropology is the most humanistic of the sciences and the most scientific of the humanities.’ It involves the study of humankind across space and time. The Anthropology minor at PLU will provide you with a deeper understanding of the nature and variety of all humanity, something that is a valuable complement to almost any PLU major.
Opportunities for Anthropology Minors
Anthropology Laboratory
The departmental lab emphasizes archaeological teaching and provides an excellent opportunity for students to apply scientific methods of hypothesis testing in the context of the social sciences. Among the goals of the program are to teach archaeological recording techniques, to develop an understanding of the procedures and mastery of the techniques of specific scientific instruments, and to familiarize students with the analysis of artifactual and paleoenvironmental data.
Fields
Anthropology at PLU is composed of four fields:
- Cultural anthropology studies living human cultures in order to create a cross-cultural understanding of human behavior.
- Archaeology has the same goal as cultural anthropology, but uses data from the physical remains of past cultures to reach it.
- Linguistic anthropology studies the interrelationships between language and other aspects of culture and how languages have changed over time.
- Physical anthropology studies the emergence and subsequent biological adaptations of humanity as a species.
Course Requirements
Minor: 20 semester hours, including 102, and 101 or 103 or 104; one course from those numbered 330-345; one course from those numbered 350-499; and four additional hours in anthropology.
Course Offerings
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